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"That's a Cuban cigar," the reporter said. "You're the governor. How can you flout the law?"

The answer was as good a one-sentence encapsulation of the bodybuilder/entrepreneur/movie star/politician/braggart's philosophy as all of "Total Recall," his 646-page memoir, provides.

"I smoke it because it's a great cigar," he said.

This is only one of countless ways Schwarzenegger has prized self-interest throughout his long, glory-stalking and (as he loves pointing out) extremely lucrative career. "Total Recall" contains nonstop illustrations of how he aims high, tramples on competitors, breaks barriers and savors every victory, be it large or small. Those who mistake "Total Recall" for a salacious tell-all may not be that interested in how many Mr. Olympia contests he won (seven) or who he beat for a Golden Globe in 1977... more

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There are many scary things in the world. Death. Life. A teenage daughter with a tattoo.

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Musician Seth Horvitz is used to tickling the ivories, not squeezing a trigger.

So when a UPS delivery worker dropped off a military-grade semiautomatic rifle instead of the flat-screen TV he had ordered from an Amazon.com third-party seller, he didn't dare touch it at first.

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